Meanwhile, Geno Smith is minting money and storing it in a mineshaft, somewheres.

Decrease Mather

And the answer to your question will probably be yes.

efgoldman

Since I always root for underdogs, and against the SEC, the USC-Stanford game and VATech-Pittsburgh pleased me no end. The rest of the day, not so much. USC’s loss clears the way for $&%$^%#@#@ Alabama, already.

Except they beat Bama in the regular season, so it could again play out exactly the same.

Cody

College football is so hard to gauge. However, Alabama looked completely unstoppable on offense and defense. I am aware that Arkansas seems to have fallen off the cliff though. Only time will tell how god they really are I suppose.

But that’s just me. And I hate USC. And, I still think the greatest-editorial-cartoon-ever appeared in the Stanford Daily spoofing John McKay’s statement that he would love to beat Stanford 2000-0.

Anyway, I don’t see Oregon or any PAC 12 team beating any representative from the SEC in any meaningful BCS bowl game. But that’s just an assessment, not a hope.

Pseudonym

The West will rise again. One of these days.

mpowell

Sadly, for the Oregon fans on this board, Oregon will probably never beat an SEC team in a BCS game. Oregon does not have the necessary features as a program to ever be good enough. USC is the only PAC-10 team that can realistically be that good. But I don’t think many people around here are rooting for that to happen. Watching the expression on Lane Kiffin’s face during his loss last night did not give me any confidence that he was the answer for USC anyhow.

Now now. Utah is mediocre+ this year. Utah State was a few yards from beating Wisconsin in Wisconsin tonight.

Plus, did you see the end of the game?

Bill Murray

I thought the Pac-10/12 brought Utah because of their proven ability to beat Alabama and win Bowl Games. Sure their starting QB is hurt again, just like every year he has played, but they are used to it now.

James E. Powell

Consider that had Barkley been in the 2012 draft, there is a pretty good chance he’d be a Cleveland Brown. Maybe he knows what he is doing.

efgoldman

Consider that had Barkley been in the 2012 draft, there is a pretty good chance he’d be a Cleveland Brown.

Well, wherever he eventually goes, its going to be a shitty team.
I think what we really saw, is how important an All-America and likely first-round choice center is.

L2P

There’s still a pretty good chance he’ll be a Cleveland Brown!

arguingwithsignposts

21-14?! I thought this was a Pac-10 12 game?

Stag Party Palin

I didn’t see Condi at the game, thank FSM. Maybe she didn’t get the memo: “Stanford determined to beat SC.”

If there is a Heismann candidate on USC it should be one of the two wideouts. Or maybe both of them. In fact, I’ve been living in fear that my favorite NFL team will draft Barkley and discover that he’s not capable of throwing anything other than a hitch to an elite WR with a huge talent mismatch.